The people's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from "Oppositional block" considers the call for questioning to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine to pressure from the authorities.

before the first day of the week the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin said that the investigation was summoned for questioning by deputies are Glad from the Opposition bloc Nataliya Korolevska, and Oleksandr Vilkul on 5 November. Shokin did not specify during which the MPs summoned for questioning. The attorney General also did not rule out that after the interrogation He will submit to Parliament the idea of deprivation of their parliamentary immunity.

"I perceive this as an attempt of the authorities to exercise pressure on me ten days before the 2nd round because in my currently very busy schedule, meeting with people, I have a lot of activities ", - said Vilkul on the first day of the week on air of the channel " ".

He also said that until not received any summons, and in the case of getting ready to appear for questioning to the Prosecutor General. Vilkul also said that currently resides in Poland, the trip was planned a week ago.

before the CEC of Ukraine said that the people's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the party "Opposition bloc" Oleksandr Vilkul took over the election of the head of Dnipropetrovsk in the first round, with 37, 9% of voters came to the polls. According to the CEC of Ukraine, after the second Vilkul is the people's choice Happy candidates from the party of " DILL ", Boris Filatov, who scored 35, 7% of the vote.

Local elections were held in Ukraine on 25 October on a new electoral law. In small towns with population over 90 thousand people, the mayor was elected by a simple majority vote and shall be appointed the second round, if none of the candidates could gain an absolute majority (50% plus one vote).

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